20th Anniversary Celebration!

We are celebrating 20 years of providing supports to foster, kinship and adoptive families! This is the perfect time to give and help children impacted by foster care!

Company/Organization Sponsor Tiers:

Premier – $4,000

Advocate – $1,000

Partner – $500

Supporter – $250

Support Families Here!

Arizona Tax Credit

Your donation of up to $1,000 for a couple filing jointly or $500 for a single tax filer may qualify for the Arizona Foster Care Qualifying Organization Tax Credit.

Donate Here!

FOSTER, KINSHIP AND ADOPTIVE PARENT SUPPORTS

The caregiver journey is so fulfilling, but it can require specific supports to help keep you and your family healthy. Parent Mentor Partners are available to team with you! Our Caring for Caregivers project provides counseling for those who do not have insurance coverage.

Learn more about Family Support Services

Expanding to Northern and Southwest Arizona!

We are pleased to expand our Children’s Basic Needs program to the Prescott, Flagstaff, Show Low and Yuma areas this year. Family Support Services are available online and watch for Family Connection events in 2023!

Support our Families!

WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.

See our Local Resources for families page

Learn More

RECYCLE YOUR BICYCLE!

AZAFAP’s Recycle Your Bicycle project collects your used bicycles and refurbishes them to like-new condition and gives them to kids who have experienced foster care in December! Stay tuned for this year’s bike collection date and locations!

Learn More

ABOUT US

The Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents was founded in 2003 to serve the foster, kinship and adoptive families who care for Arizona’s most vulnerable children. Our Board of Directors are all volunteers, and all are foster, kinship and adoptive parents.

Please join us and help to make all of us stronger and better in our service to the children in Arizona!

Support Our Work

Listen Online

Be Kind Always

Listen to this Be Kind Always podcast with our Executive Director, Nancy Williams, and host, Charlie Huero, to learn about how the association embraces and supports families who love children from Arizona’s foster care system. AZAFAP has 4 main program areas that include great connection events like picnics and family camps, engaging parent training and child development opportunities, and exciting gifting of new shoes for school and holiday gifts. Many resources are mentioned as well as information about how to help kids in foster care. Learn how to get involved!

Listen Now

Help Us today!

Your donations go toward serving the foster, kinship and adoptive families who care for Arizona’s most vulnerable children.

You can donate now for a 2023 tax year credit!

Learn More!

JOIN

AZAFAP invites all foster, kinship and adoptive in Arizona, whose children have come to them through a child welfare agency, to join our Association for FREE.

Premier memberships, that include extra member benefits, are available per couple or single parent membership.

Join Today

Our Mission

With the goal of increasing the stability, well-being, and connection of Arizona’s foster, kinship, and adoptive families and their children, our purpose is to strengthen and encourage those families through education, financial and emotional support, relationships, and providing opportunity for a voice throughout their journey.

-Adopted 1.21.23

Premier Member Login

SIGNATURE EVENTS

Learn More

Holiday Toy & Bike Gifts

School Shoe Shopping

Family Picnics

Family Camps

Staycations

OUR RECENT POSTS

The Value of Connections: Connections 101

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | September 28, 2023 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

About 7 years ago I built a 400 square foot “granny flat” in my daughter’s backyard. She had just had twins and I wanted to be part of this next generation in spirit and presence, if not in agility and current slang. It tested me in ways I never anticipated. It had...

Anger: Where to put it?, Anger 101

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | August 18, 2023 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

The Internet says anger usually comes from fear, pain, or frustration/injustice. Let’s look for some detail to flesh this out. I think the cool guys would say, “Let’s unpack that.” I was angry recently. It was a combination of all three: The pain came from the love I...

Sleep, Big and Small: Sleep 101

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | July 11, 2023 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

A good night’s sleep is a marvelous thing. I find myself cranky for no apparent reason when my sleep isn’t good. It never fails to amuse me how my vocabulary and word and name recall deteriorate drastically after a night of poor sleep. This is just one person’s...

Big Families: Large Strategies 101

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | June 14, 2023 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

Mine was a family of four girls, each born 2 years apart, give or take a few months here and there. I was the oldest. By the time my youngest sister was born, both parents were raging, non-functional alcoholics. That youngest sister grew up to tell me she considered...

The Power of Fear: The Neurosequential Model 101

by Cathy Tompkins, MA | May 15, 2023 | Thoughts for Families | 0 Comments

“Many there be that have run out of their wits for women.” King James Translation of the Book of Ezra originally written about 460, B.C. “Poor Tom hath been scared out of his good wits.” William Shakespeare in King Lear, 1606 “During the whole of this time Scrooge...

Years Serving Families

Statewide Premier Families

events in 2022

recycled bikes given to children

Get In Touch

Our Location:

14202 N. 73rd Ave
Peoria, AZ 85381

Phone: 602-884-1801

Fax: 602-274-4384

Email: info@azafap.org

AZAFAP Hours: M-F: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Contact Us